21 years ago today: at 2.00PM, more than 200 reporters arrived at the All-China Journalist Association. Two representatives from the China Youth Daily, Guo Jiakuan from the Reporters Department and Li Datong from the Science and Education Department, delivered a letter signed by 1013 reporters from 30 news media to Yang Yi and Tang Fei, members of the Association’s Secretariat. The letter referred to “a recent event that concerns the Chinese media” and requested for “a dialogue with comrades in charge of propaganda work”.